Monsieur

nouncommon in dialogue

Mister, especially in a French context.

noun

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Mister, especially in a French context.
It will appear by the Minutes sent You to June i6th last, and by those which accompany this Letter, that Messieurs Smith and Schlatter have done their Part; [...]
As the Monsieurs suddenly showed up and confronted the situation with wicked grins on their faces, the gang members decided to sullenly disperse and slink away. It was like a scene from an old West showdown.
Estella smiled when she considered how very different her circumstances were now to those when, not so long ago, she had feared Monsieur Jones, and thought of him only as her captor. Now, he was something else: her liberator, ...

Etymology

Borrowed from French Monsieur.

Forms

plural: Monsieurs, Messieurs

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Monsieur · Mister, especially in a French context.

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